Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'willna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

willna	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.8	25	13
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	246.1	7	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	46.4	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	14.7	11	6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of willna in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
im, du sallna/sudna spaek, he willna/widna come, we irna/wirna on page 88

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
nd dialect but I'm lippnin it willna be lang ?? https://t.co/5K24P(2021)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
r ee noo, petties? A'm sure A willna be able! A'll be a great deal on page 15
l "At's quite enough-A hope A willna grow any more-As id is, A on page 32
ill go doon e chimney?-Nay, A willna! He do id!-A?# A wilna, then! on page 36
s for id," sade e Hatter. "He willna stand beatan. Noo, if ee only on page 67
"Ee willna be beheided!" sade Alice, an on page 78
Also on pages 110, 114
7 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n the place ye gyang....fur I willna leave ye.'
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
you wi aw yir gallus strength willna manage it. Sae fare ye weel t on page 50

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t nap lol aye the poor laddie willna b the first tae b under the t (2021) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
Independence. It willna come in Willie's lifetime, no
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Howp it willna wilt. on page 45

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
rd processor dictionars, thay willna flag 'Soothron slips', as tha on page 40

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
red back: 'I'm no sayin there willna be a Mishanter the noo, mind. on page 65

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Loves Haemophilus tho he willna care on page 46
That willna wane on page 80

2 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Whit's no in a man, willna win oot frae him, an och, hoo on page 43

2 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
be awfu influential, an that willna juist mean heicher unemployme
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
A willna be able tae attend tae the #S(2019)
@DrMDempster Hit willna stap iz fae supportin Croatia(2018)
Thae willna be ony new updates for a whi(2017)